On the occasion of your celebration of the 15th Anniversary
of the Balfour Declaration,
which received the unanimous
approval of both Houses of Congress by the adoption of the Lodge-Fish
resolution in 1922, I wish to express the hope that the ideal of the
establishment of the National Jewish Home in Palestine, as embodied
in that Declaration, will continue to prosper for the good of all the
people inhabiting the Holy Land.

I have watched with genuine admiration the steady and
unmistakable Progress made in the rehabilitation of Palestine which,
desolate for centuries, is now renewing its youth and vitality through
the enthusiasm, hard work and self-sacrifice of the Jewish pioneers
who toil there in a spirit of peace and social justice. It is very gratifying
to note that many American Jews, Zionists as well as non-Zionists, have rendered such splendid service to this
cause which merits the sympathy and moral encouragement of everyone.